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More “Stimulus” Package Scams

Congressional leaders want yet more budget-busting, deficit-expanding “stimulus” packages, using the slow economy as an excuse for proposals to bail out state governments that now face deficits as a result of spending binges over the last decade.  Bush opposes the proposals, but they may pass in the next administration.  The stimulus plan passed earlier this year punished hard work and contained pork for special interest groups, while increasing the size of the federal deficit by over $160 billion.



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  1. [...] off on this deal with the President in exchange for support for a costly multibillion dollar, stimulus package that would give welfare to liberal constituences, the way the previous $160 billion stimulus [...]

  2. [...] signed off on this deal with the President in exchange for support for a costly multibillion-dollar stimulus package that would give welfare to liberal constituences, the way the previous $160 billion stimulus [...]

  3. [...] more.  But previous attempts to artificially stimulate the economy have generally been failures.  The $160 billion in stimulus rebates early in 2008 failed to stimulate the economy, much less prevent the financial crisis that [...]

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